Husband wins lottery prize, then 3 years later, wife wins using same lucky numbers
The numbers a Maryland woman selected while playing a lottery game were not random, she told lottery officials.
“These numbers are lucky,” the Charles County woman said.
About three years prior, her husband had used the same set of numbers and won $14,847, the Maryland Lottery said in a March 26 news release.
Yet, she was still surprised when she saw she’d won March 20, according to lottery officials. The lucky player won $73,767 playing Racetrax — the same game her husband had won.
“I immediately called my husband at work to tell him how I won using those same numbers,” she told the lottery.
But when her husband got the call, he didn’t believe her, he told lottery officials.
“She plays too much,” he said. “But, I knew she was serious this time when she sent me a picture she took of the message.”
The lucky player bought her ticket at a tavern in Fort Washington, about a 30-mile drive south from Washington, D.C., lottery officials said.
She played the numbers 8, 12, 4 and 2 for 20 drawings with a bonus, the lottery said.
This story was originally published March 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM with the headline "Husband wins lottery prize, then 3 years later, wife wins using same lucky numbers."
